Working drawing for the corridor, 1825

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, Whitehall & Downing Street: designs for new offices and scheme for the improvement of Downing Street, 1823-33 (284)
    - Designs for the new government buildings on Whitehall and the completion of Downing Street with a Triumphal Arch, December 1825-May 1833 (100)

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Reference number

SM (184) 49/1/47

Purpose

Working drawing for the corridor, 1825

Aspect

184 Plan and laid out wall elevations of skylight and Long Passage Council Office

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, New Council Offices. Whitehall, labelled: Best Staircase, Wood Framing / 7'6'' High and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1825

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, grey and yellow washes on two sheets of wove paper, affixed (533 x 914)

Hand

Slade (?-?, clerk (measuring) 1825)

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1823

Notes

Drawing 184 shows the southern half of the long corridor between the principal staircase and the Privy Council Offices. The skylight is semicircular in section.

Level

Drawing

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